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[[176172]]

Behave ,what give you any right to pontificate, it's a sailing forum ,don't hijack it because you think your opinion is better than others .

There is not a single instance of either pontification or any evidence I consider my opinion superior! Are you nuts?
At all times I have made clear that it is simply an opinion and others are just as entitled to theirs,.
I have been considered some sort of loony for simply explaining an alternative to expensive and often inefficient products you found worthy of defence. That’s your privilege, your choice, mine is mine as I have strived to point out.
Getting a little pissed off at how this forum has descended into a PC enclave of yes men and babies, so please F. I mean go away and leave me to pontificate my chilli filled naval.

 

[[176172]]

What bothered me were the personal attacks. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing on the facts of the issue--it's all good fun--headlong on attacks on the honesty of writers and personal politics is bad play.

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I believe there may be some misunderstanding of US anti-fouling and waste discharge politics that is worth clarifying.

The US has more areas that have anti-fouling and sanitary waste discharge restrictions because we have more very large estuaries than most countries. The Chesapeake Bay, for example, including the major tributaries and back bays, is about 12% of the area of England and has a drainage basin 20% larger than England. The Great Lakes are another huge area.

What boater discharge regulation reflects is a huge imbalance between the number of boaters (really tiny) and non-boaters (huge) and political realities (restricting boaters is an easy "win" with the larger number of voters). Am I in favor of non-copper paints? No. In fact, the most resent EPA study (Washington state 2019--a left-leaning political region) suggests that copper-free alternatives may be worse. The science is, in fact, very complex. And yet most resent no-dischage zone (Puget Sound) was declared very recently, during the Trump administration, with federal aproval. Copper paints have also been restricted very recently.

Head waste discharge and anti-fouling paints are, in fact, bi-partisan issues. If you look at the number of no-discharge zones declared by majority party over time, you will see near equality and that more were declared during Republican administrations than Democratic administrations. This is NOT a partisan issue.

As a result, US sailors, regardless of personal politics, are VERY interested in copper-free and non-toxic alternatives, not because we are Democrat or Republican, but because the laws are changing and we need options. If someone finds and all-natural alternative, that would be fantastic. The EPA would be all over it.

Good, Mexico can provide chilli instead of drugs, misery, dangerous violent illegal migrants.
Tell Mr Trump he will do a great deal with the chill growers. Vote Trump 2020

 

[[70521]]

I am going to try Hempel Silic One this year. I'll let you know the first year results next Winter.

You will be aware of the speed requirements. It will be interesting to hear if it does work on a leisure craft.

 

[pvb]

You will be aware of the speed requirements. It will be interesting to hear if it does work on a leisure craft.

Superheat has a Corvette 32 which has a fast hull and, according to engines, is good for 20+ kts.

 

[Mr Cassandra]

There is not a single instance of either pontification or any evidence I consider my opinion superior! Are you nuts?
At all times I have made clear that it is simply an opinion and others are just as entitled to theirs,.
I have been considered some sort of loony for simply explaining an alternative to expensive and often inefficient products you found worthy of defence. That’s your privilege, your choice, mine is mine as I have strived to point out.
Getting a little pissed off at how this forum has descended into a PC enclave of yes men and babies, so please F. I mean go away and leave me to pontificate my chilli filled naval.

No, not nuts ! but are you? I was talking to Thinwater.

 

[thinwater]

Another option which works for some shoal draft craft is a floating tarp (like a floating swimming pool cover) they pull on top of. Very effective but I don't know the practical problems. I know some people who do this.


Also this: boat pools

And lifts, of course. Not common at all in England, I guess, but not that rare here. Not just for race boats.

Pretty non-conventional.

 

[vyv_cox]

Quite a few devices like that in our UK marina but only for speedboats. Floating plastic boxes. (The devices, not the speedboats! Although.....)